Bijagos Archipelago: Impacts and Challenges for Environmental Sustainability
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عنوان ژورنال: InterEspaço: Revista de Geografia e Interdisciplinaridade
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2446-6549
DOI: 10.18766/2446-6549/interespaco.v2n5p291-305